Bandits were said to have allegedly killed sixteen persons in Kanoma District of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara state on Sallah day.
The Director-General on Media to the state governor Yusuf Idris, who confirmed the attack in a statement in Gusau, said the state Governor has visited the community and sympathised with them.
He expressed the state Governor’s resolve to join hands with well-meaning individuals and groups in the state to bring an end to armed banditry in the state.
He said the District Head of Kanoma, Yahaya Mohammed told the Governor that the bandits invaded the area in the evening and fired gunshots sporadically, which led to the death of the sixteen persons, with fourteen injured.
